Hey all, I have been itching to get a good handle on a number of different hops, especially their effect as late additions.
I really like the concept of a SMaSH to experiment with hop character and get my bearings, but not really willing to sacrifice that many precious brew days to make a load of SMaSH IPA's that may or may not be good.
So... could I just brew them all at once? Here's my idea:
- Brew up a 6 gal batch of plain ol' 2-row
- Add a neutral bittering addition to the boil at 60m (hops extract maybe?)
- At flameout, separate the near boiling wort into 6 *separate* 1 gallon jugs, and adding a charge of different hops to each jug, say 1 oz, and swirl
- Cool it all down in a giant kiddie-pool ice bath
- ?? Transfer into other jugs to separate from break material (is this even necessary?)
- Pitch some US-05 and ferment my newly-concieved sextuplet SMaSH family
Has anyone done something like this before? More importantly is it a completely disastrous idea? Any input or suggestions would be appreciated
I really like the concept of a SMaSH to experiment with hop character and get my bearings, but not really willing to sacrifice that many precious brew days to make a load of SMaSH IPA's that may or may not be good.
So... could I just brew them all at once? Here's my idea:
- Brew up a 6 gal batch of plain ol' 2-row
- Add a neutral bittering addition to the boil at 60m (hops extract maybe?)
- At flameout, separate the near boiling wort into 6 *separate* 1 gallon jugs, and adding a charge of different hops to each jug, say 1 oz, and swirl
- Cool it all down in a giant kiddie-pool ice bath
- ?? Transfer into other jugs to separate from break material (is this even necessary?)
- Pitch some US-05 and ferment my newly-concieved sextuplet SMaSH family
Has anyone done something like this before? More importantly is it a completely disastrous idea? Any input or suggestions would be appreciated